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On the date

Sunday, June 3, 1979

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love You Inside Out

Bee Gees

#1 at the box office

Alien

$1,965,402

The must-have

Sony Walkman

On This Day

  • A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1979

  • I love the smell of napalm in the morning

Tech Check

Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).

Cost of Living (1975)

Loaf of Bread

$0.36

Gallon of Gas

$0.57

Average Home

$39,300

New Car

$4,950

Time Elapsed

17,169 days ago

(47 years, 14 days)